 The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians.  The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, esq - Strana 29autor/autoři: Washington Irving - 1843 - 361 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 str.
...shoot marbles, and told their long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his skirts, clambeiing on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity ; and not a dog would bark... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 str.
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable objection to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be for want of assiduity or perseverance,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 str.
...of this word. 8 who, as usual, etc. Note the sub-acid flavor of this remark. 302 303 he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion i to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1885 - 224 str.
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him without fear, and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighbourhood. The great -error in Rip's... | |
 | 1887 - 1042 str.
...the central figure of a succession of charming pictures. First, " surrounded by a troop of children, hanging on his skirts, clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity." Then lounging with his cronies on a bench before a small inn, " designated by a rubicund portrait of... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 str.
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1888 - 748 str.
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...impunity; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1888 - 624 str.
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 str.
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop ,...impunity ; and not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuper- io able aversion to all kinds of... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 str.
...shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. Whenever he went dodging about the village, he was surrounded by a troop of...to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be for the want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy... | |
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